How do you solve a problem like Mike Sivier?
Last month the Labour Party’s National Constitutional Committee finally got round to dealing with the disciplinary charges against Mike Sivier,…
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The disgraceful expulsion of Moshé Machover from the Labour Party
The veteran Jewish socialist Moshé Machover has been expelled from the Labour Party. This week he received a letter from…
The Canary and conspiracies (pt 2) — the case of Keir’s campaign funding
Back in 2017 I wrote a piece titled “The Canary and conspiracies — the case of the Khan Sheikhoun chemical…
‘George just means Jew. Vile Jew’ — How David Baddiel smeared George Galloway
George Galloway provoked a Twitterstorm last week with an intemperate and rather ill-judged attack on David Baddiel, in which he…
Labour and the ‘Jewish vote’ in Barnet
It was always a bit of a long shot that the Labour Party might be able to take the London…
Is Tom Watson paid by wealthy Zionists to ‘represent a foreign power’?
This meme attacking Tom Watson has been doing the rounds on social media lately. Frankly, it is depressing that anyone…
What is an antisemitic conspiracy theory? A reply to David Rosenberg
Following Rebecca Long-Bailey’s sacking as shadow education secretary for sharing an interview with actor Maxine Peake, David Rosenberg responded with…
Leftwing conspiracy theories and the sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey
Keir Starmer’s decision to sack Rebecca Long-Bailey as shadow education secretary has quite rightly outraged the Labour left. Starmer obviously…
Israel as a ‘racist endeavour’ — how the IHRA is used to suppress free speech
The furore over the wave of antisemitism that has supposedly engulfed the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership continues to…
Antisemitism, the Brick Lane mural and the stitch-up of Jeremy Corbyn
Jonathan Cook recently posted an interesting article in which he presented a clearly argued response to Naomi Wolf on the…